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INTRODUCTION
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The purpose and orientation of these notes
and outlines
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TYPES OF
RESEARCH METHODS
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An outline of the major categories of
psychological research methods
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PERSPECTIVES
ON RESEARCH
AND EVALUATION
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Notes and outlines on reasons for doing
research and evaluation, ways of knowing, a
comparison of two paradigms-Natural Science and
Human Science.
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RESEARCH
ETHICS
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A brief listing of the major ethical
principles for psychological research.
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QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH METHODS
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An outline of qualitative research, including
notes on the issue of the adequacy (or rigor) of
qualitative research and an outline of a
qualitative research strategy.
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SURVEY
RESEARCH METHODS
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An outline of survey research considering
characteristics of good survey research, sources of
bias, and sampling strategies
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CORRELATIONAL
RESEARCH METHODS
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An outline of the most common types of
correlational methods.
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EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH METHODS
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A more detailed outline of research methods
for experimental psychology, including types of
vartiables, validity, experimental designs, and
alternative hypotheses.
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EVALUATION
RESEARCH
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An outline of the two major categories of
evaluation research: needs assessment and program
evaluation.
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PERSONAL
COMMENTS
ON PSYCHOLOGICAL
RESEARCH METHODS
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Some of my own thinking about the
relationship of quantitative and qualitative
research methods in psychology.
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AN INTEGRATED
APPROACH TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS
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Subtitled "Psychological Research on the
Human Spirit," this article makes two arguments.
First, the most appropriate strategy for
psychological research is a combination of
quantitative and qualitative methods. Second, good
research can be done on some questions of
spirituality, a topic that is both difficult to
research and essential to our understanding
of human experience and action.
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